The influence of subjective comfort of working environment on occupational stress of railway station workers.
10.3760/cma.j.cn121094-20210318-00154
- VernacularTitle:工作环境主观舒适度对铁路站点职工职业应激的影响
- Author:
Qiu Yan XU
1
;
Huan XUE
2
;
Jie YANG
1
;
Shu Ning HE
3
;
Ya Jia LAN
1
;
Qin ZHANG
1
Author Information
1. Department of Occupational Health and Environmental Health, West China of Public Health (West China No. 4 Hospital), Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.
2. Department of Health Examination, Chongqing Section of Center for Disease Prevention and Control, China Railway Chengdu Group Co., Ltd, Chongqing 400014, China.
3. Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, West China of Public Health (West China No. 4 Hospital), Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Comfortable working environment;
Effort-reward imbalance;
Occupational stress;
Railway worker
- MeSH:
Cross-Sectional Studies;
Humans;
Job Satisfaction;
Occupational Stress/epidemiology*;
Stress, Psychological;
Surveys and Questionnaires;
Workplace
- From:
Chinese Journal of Industrial Hygiene and Occupational Diseases
2022;40(4):267-271
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective: To explore the influential factors of job stress suffered by workers in railway stations, the level of job stress of were measured and subjective comfort of employees targeting to working environment were reported. Methods: In March 2019, a cluster sampling study was designed to collect the personal characteristics, job characteristics and subjective comfort degree of working environment of 432 employees in Chongqing railway stations. Meanwhile, job stress was assessed using the effort-reward imbalance scale. Chi-square test was used to compare the difference of occupational stress detection rate among different stratified factors such as occupational characteristics. Logistic regression was applied to analyze the influential factors of occupational stress. Results: The detection rate of job stress of workers in the railway stations was 31.02% (134/432) . The detection rate of job stress was higher among the divorced workers in railway stations, those earning less than 5, 000 yuan per month, those with 10-20 years' length of service, those who worked as a conductor and other workers including baggageman, station master on duty and assistant engineer (χ(2)=9.61, 14.76, 23.28, 11.06, P=0.008, 0.002, 0.000, 0.011) . The detection rate of job stress was higher among those whose working environment subjective feelings were uncomfortable, the differences were statistically significant (P<0.001) . The results showed that the occupational stress of the staff in the railway stations was influenced by their subjective feeling of air quality, noise and Space Layout (P<0.05) . The risk factors of occupational stress were air quality, noise and uncomfortable space layout (OR=0.571, 0.068, 0.441, P=0.051, 0.054, 0.007) . Conductor, other (Bellboy, Duty Station Master, assistant engineer) were the risk factors of occupational stress (OR=1.884, 2.703, P=0.065, 0.019) . The employees of station A and station B were the risk factors of occupational stress (OR=4.681, 1.811, P=0.002, 0.067) . Conclusion: The higher detection rate of job stress of workers in the railway stations is correlated with the subjective comfort degree of the working environment of the workers.
